3-pointers help Wildcats upset No. 11 Kansas, 80-74

Posted By David Boraks On December 19, 2011 @ 11:24 pm In basketball | Comments Disabled

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Nik Cochran had 21 points. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net file photo)

Davidson upset 11th-ranked Kansas, 80-74, on Monday night in a men’s basketball game at Sprint Center in Kansas City. Davidson beat the Jayhawks with a barrage of 11 three-pointers, and good free-throw shooting in the home stretch.

Nik Cochran led the Cats with 21 points, including 4 out of 5 three pointers and 7 of 8 foul shots. JP Kuhlman added 15 points and De’Mon Brooks had 13 before fouling out in the second half.

A beaming Coach Bob McKillop told ESPNU afterward it was “as significant a win as we’ve had in the last three years.” The Wildcats last played Kansas in 2008, when they fell to the Jayhawks in the Elite Eight.

The win lifted the Wildcats to 7-3 on the year. Kansas, ranked No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Today poll, No. 12 by AP) fell to 7-3.

Thomas Robinson had 21 points and 18 rebounds for Kansas, while Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson had 15 each.

Davidson led by a point (33-32) at halftime, then held the lead through a hard-fought second-half.

MASSACHUSETTS THURSDAY

Davidson remains on the road this week, traveling to UMass in Amherst, Mass., for game Thursday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m.

RELATED LINKS

Davidson vs. Kansas box score ^[2] (PDF)

Dec. 19, 2011, DavidsonWildcats.com, “Davidson Knocks Off No. 12 Kansas” ^[3]

Dec. 19, 2011, Associated Press (via Washington Post), “Cochran leads plucky Davidson to 80-74 win over No. 12 Kansas, getting revenge for NCAA loss” ^[4]

ESPN.com game recap ^[5]

ESPN.com, Davidson vs. Kansas photo gallery ^[6]

March 30, 2008, DavidsonNews.net, “Miracle run ends with loss to Kansas.” ^[7]

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[2] Davidson vs. Kansas box score: http://www.davidsonnews.net/documents/2011/121911DavKansasBox.pdf

[3] “Davidson Knocks Off No. 12 Kansas”: http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2011/12/19/MBB_1219115031.aspx

[4] “Cochran leads plucky Davidson to 80-74 win over No. 12 Kansas, getting revenge for NCAA loss”: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/cochran-leads-plucky-davidson-to-80-74-win-over-no-12-kansas-getting-revenge-for-ncaa-loss/2011/12/19/gIQAmjjq5O_story.html

[5] game recap: http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313532305

[6] Davidson vs. Kansas photo gallery: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/photos?gameId=313532305

[7] “Miracle run ends with loss to Kansas.”: http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2008/03/30/miracle-run-ends-with-loss-to-kansas/

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